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UK Prime Minister, Truss Resigns After Six Weeks In Office

UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss has resigned. She tendered her resignation on Thursday. According to her, she will continue to act as Prime Minister until a new Prime minister emerges.  She becomes the shortest-serving PM in British history.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday after just six weeks in office, following a disastrous and rapidly reversed economic plan that sent the pound plunging and her government into chaos.

Having been formally appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 6, just days before the monarch’s death, Truss is now by far the shortest-serving prime minister in British history and will be remembered as one of the most calamitous.

George Canning, lasted 119 days in the early 19th century; Truss announced her resignation after 44 days.

A leadership contest is now underway to decide the next head of the ruling Conservative Party, who will by default become the next prime minister, and will conclude in the next week. The opposition Labour Party called for an immediate national election.

On Wednesday, Truss assured Parliament during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session that she was a “fighter, not a quitter.”

But leading a ruling party is only possible with respect and credibility. Truss increasingly had little of either, and quit just a day later.

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